About the Authors

Lena Alex

lena.alex@nurs.umu.se

Affiliations Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Umeå Centre for Gender Studies in Medicine, Umeå University. Research Programme Challenging Gender, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Anncristine Fjellman Wiklund

Affiliations Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Umeå Centre for Gender Studies in Medicine, Umeå University. Research Programme Challenging Gender, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Berit Lundman

Affiliations Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Umeå Centre for Gender Studies in Medicine, Umeå University. Research Programme Challenging Gender, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Monica Christianson

Affiliations Research Programme Challenging Gender, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Umeå Centre for Gender Studies in Medicine, Umeå University. Research Programme Challenging Gender, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Anne Hammarström

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Umeå Centre for Gender Studies in Medicine, Umeå University. Research Programme Challenging Gender, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LA AFW BL MC AH. Performed the experiments: LA AFW BL MC AH. Analyzed the data: LA AFW BL MC AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LA AFW BL MC AH. Wrote the paper: LA AFW BL MC AH.